If you are drinking in Hanoi, Vietnam, it is all about the Bia Hoy!! Bia Hoi is Vietnam’s very own draught beer and best of all it recognised amongst the cheapest beers in the World!
We were in Hanoi at the time of a friend’s birthday and so dressed in some traditional clothing and decided to [...]
We had great fun sampling the taste of snake and the cheapest draught beer in the world, the famous Bia Hoi. We also enjoyed wandering the Old Quarter and seeing all the sights, but after nearly two weeks off the bicycles we were eager to get back onto the roads!
Hanoi’s traffic is famous for [...]
A trip traveling any Asian countries would not be complete without paying a visit to one or more of the fantastic temples, pagodas and other religious monuments that they contain. I have recently traveled Southeast Asia and marveled at The Batu Caves in Malaysia and some of the countries Buddhist monasteries. I have also wandered [...]
Many travellers doing Southeast asia tours are travelling through Laos and then heading to Vientam from there. The most popular method being via bus to Hanoi. This requires being issued with a Vietnam visa from the Vientam Embassy in Vientiane. The following points are useful information regarding the visas:
Tourist Visas are valid for 30 days, [...]
The route has been planned, the kit not quite organised and the first aid kits filled to the brim with a combination of mosquito spray, dissentry medication and malaria tablets… what a treat!
So with slightly less than two weeks left before embarking upon this epic adventure, it seems like an apt time to look in [...]
im looking to go mountainbiking in vietnam, i hope to start the planning soon. any ideas? anyone been?
Laos is the red-headed stepchild of Southeast Asia. Forgotten and overshadowed by its illustrious neighbors. Not, that this is Laos’ fault. When you share borders with such a lineup of famous (and sometimes notorious) countries, it’s easy to be overlooked. Laos lacks anything that would put it on the international map (not literally of course. [...]
CAMBODIA
Do NOT get a bus from Thailand to Cambodia or Cambodia to Thailand, there is no road just a whole load of pot holes, its really bad and we ended up having to walk some of the way as the bus got stuck in a pot hole and in the mud…not ideal!! So instead I [...]
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